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Play In A Day. Bert Weedon's Guitar Guide to Modern Guitar Playing.
London. Chappell & Co. 1957. 1st edn. Illustrated card covers (paperback). 36pp. Illustrated by b/w photos, sheet music and chord diagrams. A VG+ uninscribed copy of this classic piece of music memorabilia which influenced many great guitarists including Eric Clapton, Hank Marvin, The Beatles and Brian May. (Book ref. 4368) £25.00
The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Vols 1 & II.
London. Oxford University Press. 1961. 1st edn in this form. Hardback in d/w. Small 4to.Two volumes. Vol 1: 475pp. Vol II: 476pp incl index. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spines. Both vols VG+ with very minor bumps to extrems in VG- unclipped stiff paper d/ws with minor rubs and browning (1st part of title to vol II rubbed). A presentable set. For further details please contact The Old Station Pottery & Bookshop. Wells-next-the-Sea. Norfolk. (Book ref. 4365) £20.00
The New Temple Shakespeare Set of 39 volumes (lacks Coriolanus). Includes The Sonnet s and Commentary.
London. Dent. 1934 - 36. 1st edns thus. Black leather over limp card covers. Gilt titles to spines. Top edge gilt. Red/gilt theatrical device stamped to front covers. B/w illustrations by Eric Gill to titles and half tiltes. Very neat small diamond shaped bookplate with the initials B.A.W. within to front free endpaper. Minor rubs/scuffs to some volumes, internally all volumes are clean, bright and tight. LACKS Coriolanus. A VG+ presentable set, such a shame that it is missing one volume. For further details please contact The Old Station Pottery & Bookshop. Wells-next-the-Sea. Norfolk. (Book ref. 4363) £120.00
GENERAL RIGBY, ZANZIBAR AND THE SLAVE TRADE, WITH JOURNALS, DISPATCHES, ETC.
London. George Allen & Unwin. 1935. 1st edn. Hardback, no d/w. 404pp + 4pp publishers list. Folding map btween pp 396 and index. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles (faded) to spine. Sunning to spine and very small strip of top edge. Light spotting to prelims. Otherwise a VG uninscribed copy. (Book ref. 4371) £60.00
Russia- Britain's Ally. 1918-1942.
London. Harrap. 1942. 1st edn. Hardback in d/w. 64pp. Illustrated by 15 cartoons in full colour and 38 in b/w. Red cloth boards with black titles to front and spine. Previous owner name plate to front pastedown, very light bumps to extrems, otherwise VG+. In G unclipped d/w with chips and three internally repaired tears (recent, archival tape) (Book ref. 4367) £15.00
Drink Your Own Garden.
London. Batsford. 1984. Reprint. Hardback in d/w. 112pp. Black/sepia line illustrations throughout. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. FINE uninscribed copy in VG unclipped d/w (Book ref. 4366) £14.00
Mossyface. A Romance of the Air.
Hertfordshire. Privately published by John Trendler and Norman Wright. 1994. Privately published limited de luxe edition of 300 copies, this being number 272. Hardback, no d/w (as issued). 127pp. B/w illustrations by Ron Tiner. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to front and spine. FINE uninscribed copy, as close to Mint as you will find. Originally published in paperback in 1922 under Johns's pseudonym 'William Earle'. (Book ref. 4370) £200.00
The Naked Civil Servant.
London. Cape. 1968. 1st edn. Hardback, no d/w. 217pp. Purple cloth boards with silver titles to spine. Text block edges slightly soiled. Very light bumps/rubs to extrems, internally clean, bright and tight. A VG uninscribed copy. (Book ref. 4364) £60.00
The Castles of Scotland.
Edinburgh. Birlinn. 2006. Revised, updated and expanded Fourth Edition. Hardback in d/w. 658pp. Illustrated by over 550 b/w photos and drawings. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. VG uninscribed copy with very minor bumps tp extrems. In VG- unclipped d/w with minor rub to one corner and one internally repaired short (15mm) tear to top edge of front cover. Heavy book will incur extra postage. "This is the 'bible of Scottish castles', an absolute must for all castle enthusiasts and anyone interested in Scottish history, genealogy and architecture." For further details please contact The Old Station Pottery & Bookshop. Wells-next-the-Sea. Norfolk. (Book ref. 4369) £50.00
Brendan Bracken. 1901-1958.
London. Privately published (Printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode). 1958. 1st edn. Private printing. Hardback, no d/w. 82pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to front. Tissue-guarded photo frontispiece by Karsh. 25 appreciations by many dignitaries including Churchill, Viscount Monckton, Viscount Chandos, and The Earl of Birkenhead. Very light rubs to extrems, otherwise a VG+ uninscribed copy. (Book ref. 4372) £25.00
May, Guy, and Jim. with other stories for boys and girls.
London. Blackie. No date (Inscr 1907). 1st edn? Hardback. 192pp + 32pp publishers list. B/w frontispiece + 3 b/w plates by John H Bacon. Blue cloth boards with green decoration, and title framed in gilt, to front and spine. Light bumps to extrems. Prize label (dated 1907) to front pastedown, some scattered light foxing, otherwise VG. (Book ref. 4373) £15.00
Textile Art of Japan
Japan. Tokyo. Shufunotomo. 2000 2nd printing. Hardback in d/w. 144pp. Over 200 colour illustrations. Jade green cloth boards with black titles to spine. Textured endpapers. FINE uninscribed copy in VG++ unclipped d/w. (Book ref. 4353) £20.00
The Flying Ranger.
London. Warne. 1940. 1st edn. Hardback in d/w. 256pp. Colour frontispiece + 1 map. Green cloth boards with black titles to front and spine. Light spotting to block edges and prelims, very slight bump to base of spine, otherwise a VG+ uninscribed copy, clean, tight and bright. In the rare price-clipped d/w, with minor chips to extrems and internal (archival tape?) repairs to spine ends. A very presentable copy. (Book ref. 4355) £20.00
A Companion To American Foreign Relations.
Oxford. Blackwell. 2006 1st p/b. Paperback. 562pp. Illustrated card covers. Minor crease to 2 corners, otherwise a VG uninscribed copy. Blackwell Companions To American History. (Book ref. 4359) £20.00
All About Poland. Facts - Figures - Documents.
London. Minerva Publishing. 1941. 2nd impr (revised). Hardback, no d/w. 292pp. Large fold-out map in pocket to rear pastedown. Gift inscr to front free endpaper. inscribed in Polish to in foot of song 'Poland Is Not Yet Lost' . Red cloth boards with black titles to spine. Minor bumps/rubs to extrems, spine lightly sunned. A G++ copy. (Book ref. 4361) £25.00
Siegfried Sassoon Diaries, 1920-1922
London. Faber. 1981 1st edn. Hardback in d/w. 304pp. B/w portrait photo frontispiece. Brown cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. FINE uninscribed copy in VG+ (spine sunned) unclipped d/w. (Book ref. 4354) £20.00
The Jim Russell Story.
Isleworth. Transport Bookman. 1999. 1st edn. Hardback in d/w. 200pp. Illustrated throughout by b/w photos. SIGNED to title page "Best Wishes Jim Russell". Blue cloth boards with sepia titles to front and spine. FINE in FINE unclipped d/w.(As New). (Book ref. 4352) £30.00
The Pattypats.
London. Ward Lock. No date. (1898). 1st edn. Hardback, no d/w. 331pp + 4pp publisher's list. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations by A.J. Johnson. Green cloth bevelled boards with gilt titles and decoration to front and spine. Light bumps/rubs to extrems, V small splits to base of spine. Hinges at both front and rear endpapers cracked but holding well. Tape stain at title page hinge (can't see why tape was needed?). The odd grubby finger print, but , otherwise, on the whole clean, bright and tight. A G+ copy. (Book ref. 4362) £20.00
Josef Pilsudski. Komendant- Naczelnik Panstwa Pierwszy Marszalek Polski.
Londyn. Polska Fundacja Kulturalna. 1991. 1st edn. Paperback. 278pp. Text in Polish. Illustrated throughout in colour and b/w. Gift inscr to verso of front cover.Top leading upper corner of last few pages are slightly wrinkled (damp?). Otherwise VG. (Book ref. 4351) £18.00
A Catholic In The White House? Religion, Politics and John F. Kennedy's Presidential Campaign.
New York. Palgrave/Macmillan. 2004. 1st edn. Hardback in d/w. 215pp. 12 b/w photo illustrations. Blue cloth boards with silver titles to spine. FINE uninscribed copy in FINE unclipped d/w. (Book ref. 4358) £15.00